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Introduction
Terms of trade
Making your credit terms clear
Setting credit limits
Credit checking – Why & How
Opening new accounts
Sample invoice
Issue invoices rapidly
Collecting cash
Helpful letters and forms
Why you should pay on time
The late payment legislation
Suppliers checklist
Better Payment Practice Guide
Helpful letters and forms

Statutory Letters Disclaimer
Our letters have been compiled by a credit management professional. However, they are supplied to you as a guide only and no liability is accepted by the Better Payment Practice campaign, its members, servants or agents for any loss or liability incurred by anyone making use of any or all of them. You should consult your financial or legal advisers who know your business in detail, for advice on how they should be tailored to your needs.

Letters and Forms for commercial contracts dated 7th August 2002 onwards

Request and consent form for bank reference

Application for bank reference letter

Credit Application Form

Letter confirming the amount of credit available

Estimate Form

Initial invoice

Letter agreeing payment by instalments

Letter acknowledging dispute of invoice

Letter informing a debtor that statutory interest and compensation for debt recovery costs will be charged on an existing debt

Letter informing a debtor that statutory interest and compensation for debt recovery costs will be charged on all future orders

Letter informing a debtor that contractual interest will be charged

General reminder letter 1

General reminder letter 2

Final reminder letter

Form for use when instructing solicitor to begin legal proceedings

Letter advising the appointment of a collection agency

Use your sales documentation [such as estimate forms, order acknowledgements and delivery notes] to remind your customers of your Terms of Trade by printing them clearly on the reverse.

Footnote
These letters are provided by the Institute of Credit Management and were produced by Bruce Bosworth, Fellow of the Institute of Credit Management, who is a credit management consultant and trainer. Bruce's e-mail address is
bnb.pump@dircon.co.uk.

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